Abstract [en]

All around in society information technology is developing rapidly. Information technology make it possible for us to develop new forms for education. Online education is held today via computer conferrence systems and e-mail which leads to a maninly written communication. Non verbal signals are not present in this kind of comunication. How does online students and face to face students find that feedback works in their course? Are there diversities between the groups? The study was conducted on an social science education that was held both as online education and as face to face education. The quantitative study contained 89 students divided into 30 online students and 59 face to face students. The students answered a questionnaire with questions about feedback where they estimated their attitude for each question. The study showed that face to face education is more suited for giving and taking feedback than online education is. It also showed that online students feel less social contact with their fellow students than face to face students do. One conclusion drawn from the result of this study is that information technology and educational techniques need to be more adapted to each other in order to offer an environment where giving and taking feedback feels natural.